USFA Hosting Women’s Weekend at the National Fire Academy

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The U.S. Fire Administration’s (USFA) National Fire Academy (NFA), in partnership with Women in Fire, announced the dates for the 2024 session in Emmitsburg, Maryland. The dates are June 15-16, 2024.

  • The below classes are FREE of charge, and ALL are welcome to attend. You do not need to be a certified or uniformed member of a fire or EMS agency; you need to be with a fire, EMS, or allied organization, and meet the class participant requirements for the class you wish to attend.
  • Building Organizational Support for Community Risk Reduction (W0636)
  • Building Resilience in Leadership: Strategies for Growth and Confidence (W0952)
  • Command and Control for Company-Level Operations (W0296)
  • Command and Control of Wildland Urban Interface Fire Operations for the Structural Chief Officer (W0612)
  • Fire Investigation: Fire as a Weapon (W0756)
  • Fire Investigation: First Responders (W0770)
  • Incident Safety Officer (W0729)
  • Initial Response to Terrorism: Basic Concepts (W0443)
  • Leadership in Supervision: Creating Environments for Professional Growth (W0646)
  • Leadership in Supervision: Perspectives in Thinking (W0647)
  • Supervising Emergency Medical Services (W0146)
  • Youth Firesetting Intervention Specialist (W0633)

Online applications are being accepted NOW https://www.usfa.fema.gov/nfa/programs/national-weekend.html

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